Karen Hayes and Dennis Koepke

Associate Brokers, Windermere R.E./NW
Karen: (206)300-7299 Dennis: (206)595-6097

12250 Greenwood Ave N Seattle, WA 98133 | Direct: 206/300-7299 | Office: 206/367-4720 | Email: khayes@windermere.com

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SEATTLE'S LAKE CITY
Lake City is one of our favorite areas & our 'real estate' territory.

Lake City's location

Lake City is an informal borough or district of neighborhoods in the northeast corner of Seattle, centered along Lake City Way NE (SR-522).

Lake City is located between Interstate 5 or 15th Avenue NE and Lake Washington, about 7 to 8 miles (11 to 13 km) northeast of Downtown and east of Northgate, stretching from between NE 85th and 98th streets to the Seattle city limits at NE 145th Street,centered along its main northeast-southwest principal arterial, Lake City Way NE; Washington State Route 522, commonly SR-522. (Courtesy of Wikipedia.)

Lake City's history

What is now Lake City has been inhabited since the end of the last glacial period (c. 8,000 B.C.E. to 10,000 years ago). The hah-chu-ahbsh (Lake People), now of the Duwamish tribe, Lushootseed (Skagit-Nisqually) Coast Salish, lived in diffuse permanent settlements along the shore of Lake Washington. The lake people lost their rights in 1854. The Lake City area was clearcut by crude wagon road or by using Lake Washington, from 1850 past the turn of the century providing easy access along what is now the Burke-Gilman Trail adjacent to the lake. A 'Little Germany' neighborhood of several immigrant farmers grew up in the 1870s around where Nathan Hale High School now stands.

The area was dubbed Lake City by D.H. and R.H. Lee in 1906 after they purchased and platted the land. With the advent of the automobile, the area developed linearly around major roads rather than centrally around trolley stops, as in older Seattle neighborhoods. Lake City would remain relatively remote and suburban from Seattle until years after WWII. Lake City incorporated as a township in 1949 with more than 40,000 residents; rapid growth was a product of a massive influx of young suburban families after World War II. The City of Seattle annexed Lake City and other communities in 1954 when the city limits were expanded from 85th Street to 145th Street. (Courtesy of Wikipedia.)

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